Seed Journeys ~ Stories (ENGLISH)

Seed Journeys

Autumn 2022

Celebrating Stewardship through Seed Stories & Seed Saving

Seed Scholars is delighted to invite you to adventure alongside the seeds of Ireland to discover where and how they travel and cycle. The Seed Journeys series will consist of illustrated stories in English and Irish about the wanderings of seeds, with a seed-saving activity guide in accompaniment. Seed Journeys is designed for young people ages 6-12, with adult-supported engagement. The stories and activities can be explored as a read-aloud or as paired reading with primary-aged children both at school and at home. We hope you'll feel yourself rooting down and branching out through the words, images, and guided experiences presented in this series. Join us as we collectively connect with people and places, journeying with the seeds who live and grow here in Ireland.

Seed you later, Eliya, Angeles, Susan and Sofi

Welcome to Seed Journeys!

The illustrated stories and seed-related activities you find here with Seed Journeys, in English and Irish, were crafted with an intended audience of 6 12 year olds in school settings or at home with families. The stories can be shared by teachers/parents/elders as read alouds, used by peers/siblings/neighbours for buddy reading, or enjoyed by young people on their own.

The project tracks the trails of different seed types found in Ireland (native and naturalised) as they move in the Midlands throughout the seasons. We follow the experience of seeds' myriad creative travel adventures through the magic of storytelling. We also include seed saving and seed related activity guides to support young people’s practice of interacting with seeds in their natural surroundings. We seek to encourage young people to explore the importance of seeds as they connect to stewardship, heritage conservation and biodiversity regeneration.

This resource is intended to serve as an accompaniment to a wealth of excellent existing books and online materials about engaging with gardening, woodlands, and our natural environments in Ireland and beyond (many are listed in the ‘References’ and ‘Activity Pack’ sections of the e book). Seed Journeys is a nonexhaustive, researched, heartfelt, and inevitably imperfect attempt to provide one way in for young people and their networks to reconnect with each other and the nature we are inherently embedded within. We hope it brings you joy!

We hope these stories and activity guides will serve as inspiration to get out and about exploring place with your school/family and wider community.

Feel free to share liberally and let us know what you think by writing to info@seedscholars.com with the subject line ‘Seed Journeys’!

Rooting for you, Eliya, Angeles, Susan and Sofía

M E S S A G E F R O M T H E C R E A T O R S

N A T U R E B A S E D E D U C A T O R / F O R E S T S C H O O L L E A D E R / P R I M A R Y S C H O O L T E A C H E R / F O U N D E R O F S E E D S C H O L A R S E L I Y A L A V I N E ,

I L L U S T R A T O R / G R A P H I C D E S I G N E R / B I O L O G Y T E A C H E R , F O R E S T S C H O O L L E A D E R A N G E L E S R O D R I G U É ,

B I O L O G I S T / S C I E N T I F I C I L L U S T R A T O R S O F Í A D U R N H O F E R

& P R I M A R Y S C H O O L T E A C H E R / L E C T U R E R / F O R E S T S C H O O L L E A D E R S U S A N M C C A R T H Y

H A V E D E V E L O P E D T H I S C O N T E N T , A S A B E S P O K E O F F E R I N G F O R Y O U , W I T H G E N E R O U S S U P P O R T F R O M C R E A T I V E I R E L A N D W E S T M E A T H .

T H A N K Y O U , A N D W E A R E E X C I T E D T O R O O T D O W N A N D B R A N C H O U T W I T H Y O U !

P R O J E C T B Y S E E D S C H O L A R S T E A M ( W W W S E E D S C H O L A R S C O M )

M A D E P O S S I B L E W I T H S U P P O R T F R O M C R E A T I V E I R E L A N D W E S T M E A T H

T H I S P R O J E C T I S D E D I C A T E D T O A I L B H E S M I T H

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C T I O N 1 : S E E D S T O R I E S

The main characters in the 5 short stories that follow each act as a host to an assortment of seeds who travel with their support.

R M S & D E F I N I T I O N S

We recognise that the story language is quite complex, and depending on the reading level, referring to the imagery or context clues will be necessary.

All ages are encouraged to participate in the 3 activity groupings that follow, though they were crafted with different developmental groups in mind, and some may require more support than others.

N 2 : S E E D S A C T I V I T Y P A C K

WIND AND SEEDS

Clouds roll in on an autumn morning. Wind dances in from the west. From the Atlantic coastline, over Galway and into the Hidden Heartlands, Wind bellows, bends and blows She brings with her the crisp twinkle of Samhain as she whispers through the bursting ripe blackberries.

Wind swirls over Lough Ree. As she does, she scoops up streams of seeds as she sweeps through Portlick Woods

Bouquets of Dandelion pappusses (pappus) are full of wishes They dropped their lionyellow blooms of summer and now show their dry, fluffy white plumes. The Dandelion seeds catch a short lift with Wind, parachuting a few meters away, when they return down to stick to a soft mound of mud in the road verge.

Old Silver Birch’s seeds, butterfly-shaped, dainty, and scraped free by birds from their catkin kebabs, emerge by the thousands like a golden mist onto Wind’s back, ready to fly.

FACT BOX

Dispersal by wind is called anemochory. Ballochory is when plants spread their seeds through their own force.

Sycamore samaras join Wind’s parade with a twirl. They spin into the mix with papery winged pirouettes.

Wind carries her travel companions as far as they seek to go She deposits and gathers new guests as she wanders. She hovers in rest and admiration around the Hill of Uisneach, and the seeds of Autumn pause with her in momentary sweet stillness. her fellow seed travellers dodge through knoll and hedgerow. Together, they crescendo over Loughcrew Cairns, and with a gentle hush from the east, they dip into touchdown on Mullaghmeen’s Beech woodland soil. Some seeds find shelter here they are urged to stay given the promise of rich soil, speckled rains through the canopy, and spring sunlight to come. Wind lifts and swoons onwards, bringing any seeds still on their way, not ready to land just yet.

Engorged Gorse seeds, dried from August’s heat on the Hill’s edge, expand to nearrupturing. Their fuzzy pods explode with a POP POP POP, as the light auburn seeds summersault, scatter and sink themselves into the welcoming soil below. They will wait there for springtime’s warmth. With renewed gusto from Gorse’s symphony, Wind and

REFLECTION QUESTIONS:

What factors play into how far seeds can travel on the wind? Which seed shapes and features help seeds move on the wind? Predict - what will happen when the seeds land on the ground… What will they need in order to grow?

BADGERS AND SEEDS

Grandfather Badger’s moist, strong snout, then his white and black striped face, then the rest of his silvery-grey fur body emerge from one of his expansive, tunnelled family sett’s many entrances. He wriggles out to venture out into the open. The sky is a watercolour of pink and lilac blending steadily into deeper, darker indigos His home that he shares with his extended clan has been in his family for 100 years, and he knows his underground network and surrounding overland territory that rests under this blanket of sky like the back of his clawed, shovelshaped paw.

Grandfather Badger is usually less active during the brisk winter months. He tends to save his energy for warmer times of year. But, on this mild evening, he makes an exception it’s the perfect dusk for a hunt and forage There’s a soft hum of activity in the air - of insects in flight and the shiver of winter’s cold beside the Royal Canal. More than any sound or sight, opportunistic omnivore Grandfather Badger senses the mature garden’s sweet rotting smells of the last fallen apples and forgotten squashed berries.

While the young badger cubs tussle and play, 14 year old Grandfather Badger’s food search continues as he shuffles past the polytunnel and the pungent mounds of overwintering garlic and onions on his way to his favourite spot for the best dessert of all wiggly squiggly delicious earthworms!

Grandfather Badger brushes through a thick flora corridor as he ambles purposefully and protected towards the mucky puddle of earthworms and other treats. He tramples on a cushion of plantain and clover underfoot, and scrapes past shrubby juniper and twiggy hazel.

Whoops…, as he walks with so much focus through the hedgerow, Grandfather Badger accidentally weaves himself into a cloak of clever Cleavers! The sneaky Velcro-ninja plant’s hookshaped hairs stud its stem, whorled leaves, and seed spheres! 300-1,000 seeds from each plant cling to unaware

Grandfather Badger’s wiry fur, threading together and forming a semi-cocoon around him.

In this manner, Cleavers manages to hitchhike along on Grandfather Badger’s late lumbering snack excavations. Tangles of Cleaver stems scuff off Badger’s back from time to time as his fur skids against various obstacles. Prickly bright green Cleaver seeds drop here and there like riders hopping off at bus stops. Shuffling into the damp soil as they tumble off their Badger carrier, Cleaver seeds tuck in for the night, waiting until the days warm, when they will germinate and form new Cleaver plants. Together in the pale crescent moonlight, Grandfather Badger and Cleavers both accomplish exactly what they set out to do.

FACT BOX

Badgers are nocturnal. They do not hibernate. Badgers have a really keen sense of smell – 800 times more powerful than humans’. They use smell to communicate with each other. They have several scent glands that create different smells, which tell other badgers of danger and send other messages too.

The staple food of badgers is usually earthworms which are around 80% of their diet. They can eat 700+ worms each night. But badgers are omnivores, so they will eat almost anything, from flesh and fruit to bulbs and birds' eggs.

REFLECTION QUESTIONS:

Why do you think that Grandfather Badger chooses to slog through a hedgerow to get to the earthworms instead of walking out in the open where there are fewer obstacles? What strategies for travel do cleavers use?

RIVERS AND SEEDS

The days grow longer and warmer alongside the River Shannon. It is late spring on the brink of Bealtaine and wispy wildflowers bloom in pockets of golds, violets, hazy blues and whites.

River flows easily westwards under the bright, early sun from Cavan to Westmeath, onwards on her journey to the Atlantic. Bottlenose Dolphins jump and flip in River’s Limerick estuary. River curves through glen and farmland, pausing in bog and wetlands, navigating beside and between the marsh orchids and cuckoo flowers.

This morning, River is joined by Little Gem Lettuce and Willow seeds galore as the seeds float in the company of bubbling salmon, the occasional otter, and shoreside Kingfishers and Curlew.

Little Gem Lettuce had been carefully planted in rows by River’s farmer neighbour back in early March Farmer watered and tended the seeds in the soil, and after 40 days, Little Gem grew sturdy. From there, farmer harvested Little Gem’s dazzling green leaves tipped with deep purple red edges. Lettuce added a tasty crunch to salads and sandwiches, and was shared with friends and sold in shops. Over time, the inner stalk grew tall and the plant triangle-shaped Lettuce turned a bitter taste as Little Gem transferred the energy it once put into leaves into the work of flowering and producing new seeds.

After self-pollinating with the help of Wind, each tiny highlighter-yellow flower atop Little Gem’s new crown wilted and fell, gifting in their place bundles of itty bitty. feather light, pappus winged seeds that we see now.

Directly beside River Shannon, Willow thrives in wild abundance. Loving the wet soil and many creature visitors of the riparian zone, Willow’s insect shaken and pollinated green catkins of February are now a bountiful fluffypuff of cotton like seeds.

Though Wind often drifted Little Gem Lettuce and Willow’s sky ready seeds all the way to their new homes, today Wind merely gives the seeds a short lift to River Shannon. From here, River accepts the transportation job without hesitation The same lettuce and willow seeds that travelled lightly on Wind’s ripples now hold firm buoyancy on River’s lilting waves. The seeds greet fresh landscapes of sedge and schools of trout around each bend.

With guidance and protection from goddess Sínnan, granddaughter of Lír - generous River assures her seed voyagers of safe passage to their next welcoming loamy home.

FACT BOX

Seed Dispersal by water is called hydrochory. REFLECTION QUESTIONS:

Which other seed does lettuce remind you of and why? What features do these seeds share?

BIRDS AND SEEDS

Golden light shimmers on the soft swells of Lough Lene’s jewel blue water. Lughnasa came and went like the sweet flash of a smartie expertly plucked out of trail mix Barn Swallows surge and dip about the clear freshwater surface collecting midges and flies in their beaks mid flight.

In the days to come, the Barn Swallow visitors will prepare to depart Ireland for their annual journey back to Africa. They will gather on Collinstown’s power lines to travel together back to warmer temperatures. At the same time, Blackbird and Jay are busy with other plans to get ready for the coming of colder, shorter days.

Blackbird bustles between Rowan’s smooth branches and bright green leaves. The tree is heavily laden with bunches of easily detectable red berries. Blackbird delights in the bounty of vitamin C-rich, tart flavour that these berries provide. Blackbird munches and mingles in Rowan’s embrace with his banana yellow beak; he senses that he can dine in peace whilst in Rowan’s protective arms.

Little does Blackbird realise that as Rowan giv food and shelter, he also provides Rowan with invisible future favour. As Blackbird digests hi wherever he may travel and land, he inevitabl excretes the eye-shaped brown Rowan seed per juicy berry. In this way, Rowan seeds are returned to slumber wherever Blackbird roam rests in the nooks of bushes and hedgerows.

Later, next season, you could find evidence of the Rowan seeds Blackbird deposited in his droppings below. There will be proof in the sure sign of new Rowan saplings emerging from the nearby soil Can you believe it?

Dusk murmurs with motion on Lough Lene’s shores, as Jay takes to his favourite task of the season acorn collecting. Hopping beneath majestic Oak (hundreds of years old, wavy leaves swaying in the tender breeze), Jay finds himself in luck - it is a mast year! The acorns pile high beneath steady O k’ i f h f th i ki J k i kl collecting 3 to 4 acorns at a time in measure. Jay holds these acorns a Once he’s taken all he can fit, Jay cunningly travels to his strategically selected ground pantries. His beak digs holes into the soft earth and gingerly secures acorns within Taking off into dusty pink flight, the startling blue streaks across his wings flapping in the near dark, Jay returns for one more soil scouting mission beneath Oak, tireless in his appreciation of acorns and their abundance.

FACT BOX

The Rowan berry is called ‘Vogelbeer’ in German, meaning ‘Bird Berry’. Jay’s Latin name is ‘Garrulus glandarius’, translating to ‘chattering acorn gatherer’. 1 Jay can hoard up to 3,000 acorns for winter food. Jays are masterful selectors of acorns most likely to germinate and are key to the re-growing of oak woodlands.

Endozoochory is when the seeds of a fruit pass through a bird’s digestive system and are deposited away from their parent tree. It can alter a seed to help them germinate faster and they also get the bonus of being surrounded by a food supply to help them start to grow.

Synzoochory, deliberate carrying of diaspores by animals, is practised when birds carry seeds and diaspores in their beaks.

REFLECTION QUESTIONS:

What do you notice about the beaks of Blackbird and Jay that would help them to eat/carry berries and nuts?

Do you think that birds and humans can eat all the same fruit? Why or why not?

Picture a blackberry, strawberry, hazelnut, and pine cone. Is the seed always inside a case, or can it be on the outside?

HUMANS AND SEEDS

Erin moves swiftly outside, past the hedgerow spilling over with daffodil yellows and coconut scent of gorse flower. She slips by swatches of leaves in various shades of green, and the first bluebells bobbing in half rainbow arcs. Sheets of rain bucket down from engorged grey clouds above.

polytunnel frame about a week before. It was as she’d hoped the seeds were ready to store. The pea seeds were planted a few months ago, pastel green and wrinkled as a finger pad after too much time in the sea. They had grown up into thriving plants over the past few months under Erin’s care They developed round ish leaves and floppy stems with curly tendrils that climbed the mesh Scrambling higher and higher up the netting, the pea plants swung to and fro in the wind as it swept through the polytunnel

Erin worried that the pea plants would certainly let go of their hold in all this windthey appeared so fragile and precarious! But they surprised her repeatedly, their tendril arms always keeping a firm grip. With time, the plants grew as tall as she. Finally their white and purple flowers emerged, their faces full of personality, and their half-smile shaped, pinky-length pods filled with beady peas. They formed clusters of five or six peas in each pod.

Erin delighted in the sweet, crunchy snack of peas, sharing with family and friends the bounty of her harvest. The more she picked, the more grew back, as she realised that removing the fully grown peas from the plant granted it more energy to produce even more. A gift that keeps giving, she marvelled.

Following this magical month of pea snacks abundance, we now greet Erin here in her polytunnel bliss. Having enjoyed the handfuls of flavour from mangetout galore, she’s saving the seeds to plant next year. Rather than plucking this last batch when they were just-ready, Erin waited for the latest group of peas to become full and plump, nearly bursting their shells. Gently pulling the viney plants from the soil and draping them across the metal frame of the polytunnel, Erin designed the peas in a festive drying formation like decorating a party room with streamers. The peas turned from green to brown, almost cracking from sunning in the polytunnel’s dry environment.

The peas are ready to be satisfyingly popped from their capsules, to be shaken into little brown bags, lovingly labelled and stored in a cool dry place until planting time rolls around again.

Brown seed envelopes etched with pen and folded into her deep raincoat pockets, Erin can’t wait to tell her family about the special present she grew and packaged just for them. From seed to seed.

REFLECTION QUESTIONS:

Would the seeds have dried and re planted themselves without Erin’s help?

What does it mean to go 'from seed to seed'?

What can we learn from Erin that can help us connect to nature in our own lives?

TERM (ENGLISH)

Glossary

TERM (IRISH) DEFINITION

ANEMOCHORY ANMACAS

SEEDS THAT TRAVEL BY WIND ANNUAL BLIANTÓG

OCCURING EVERY YEAR

SEEDS TRAVELING BY FORCE, PLANTS FLINGING SEEDS OUT BEALTAINE

BALLOCHORY

BEALTAINE

TO MAKE A DEEP LOUD ROAR LIKE THAT OF A BULL

BEALTAINE IS A FESTIVAL WHICH OCCURS ON MAY 1ST AND ALSO REFERS TO THE MONTH OF MAY. IT SIGNIFIES THE RETURN OF THE LIGHT BELLOWS AG BÚIREADH

BOG PORTACH WET SPONGY GROUND BUOYANCY SNÁMHACH

CANOPY CEANNBHRAT

THE TENDENCY TO FLOAT OR TO RISE WHEN IN A FLUID

A SHELTER THAT HANGS OVER SOMETHING; THE UPPERMOST SPREADING LAYER OF A FOREST

CAPSULE COCHALL

A CASE OR SHELL THAT HOLDS SPORES OR SEEDS INSIDE CATKIN CAITÍN

A FLOWER CLUSTER (AS OF THE WILLOW OR BIRCH) IN WHICH THE FLOWERS GROW IN CLOSE CIRCULAR ROWS ALONG A SLENDER STALK

CLAN CLANN

NAME FOR A GROUP OR FAMILY OF BADGERS

COASTLINE CÓSTA

A SLOW INCREASE, ESPECIALLY IN THE LOUDNESS OF MUSIC

THE OUTLINE OR SHAPE OF WHERE OCEAN MEETS LAND CRESCENDO

CUB BROC ÓG A YOUNG BADGER

TERM (ENGLISH)

Glossary

TERM (IRISH) DEFINITION

CUNNINGLY

DAINTY MÍN

DEPOSITS AG TAISCEADH

DETECTABLE BLÁSTA

CLEVERLY (SOMETIMES WITH TRICKERY)

DELICATELY PRETTY AND SMALL

TO LET FALL OR SINK; TO PLACE FOR SAFEKEEPING

DISCOVERABLE, ABLE TO FIND

DROPPINGS DUNG, POO

EMERGE ÉIRIGH

ENDOZOOCHORY

TO BECOME KNOWN OR APPARENT

WHEN THE SEEDS OF A FRUIT PASS THROUGH A BIRD’S DIGESTIVE SYSTEM AND ARE LEFT AWAY FROM THEIR PARENT TREE IT CAN ALTER A SEED TO HELP THEM GERMINATE FASTER AND THEY ALSO GET THE BONUS OF BEING SURROUNDED BY A FOOD SUPPLY (THE NUTRIENTS FROM THE DUNG) TO HELP THEM START TO GROW.

ENGORGED FILLED UP

ESTUARY

EXCAVATIONS

INBHEAR

AN ARM OF THE SEA AT THE LOWER END OF A RIVER

A HOLLOWED OUT PLACE FORMED BY DIGGING EXCRETES

TO SEPARATE AND REMOVE (WASTE) FROM A LIVING BODY

FLORA FLÓRA PLANTS OR PLANT LIFE

TERM (ENGLISH)

Glossary

TERM (IRISH) DEFINITION

FORAGE AG SIORTÚ

FRAGILE

GERMINATE

SOBHRISTE

PÉAC

A SEARCH FOR FOOD OR SUPPLIES

DELICATE (EASILY BROKEN)

TO BEGIN TO GROW

GINGERLY VERY CAREFULLY

GULLET GOB

THE TUBE THAT LEADS FROM THE BACK OF THE MOUTH TO THE STOMACH

GUSTO NEART

HARVESTED

HIBERNATE

GEIMHRIGH

KEEN ENJOYMENT OR APPRECIATION

GATHERED IN A CROP, USUALLY FOR EATING

TO PASS THE WINTER IN A SLEEPING OR RESTING STATE

HITCHHIKE

SÍOB

TO TRAVEL BY SECURING FREE LIFTS FROM PASSERBY HYDROCHORY SEEDS TRAVELING BY WATER

TERM (ENGLISH)

LOAMY

Glossary

TERM (IRISH)

DEFINITION

LUGHNASA

LÚNASA

A SOIL CONSISTING OF A LOOSE EASILY CRUMBLED MIXTURE OF VARYING AMOUNTS OF CLAY, SILT, AND SAND

CELTIC FESTIVAL ON 1ST OF AUGUST, CELEBRATING THE BEGINNING OF THE HARVEST SEASON

MAST (YEAR) MEAS

EVERY FEW YEARS, SOME SPECIES OF TREES AND SHRUBS PRODUCE A BUMPER CROP (A LOT!) OF THEIR FRUITS OR NUTS THE TERM FOR THESE FRUITS AND NUTS IS 'MAST'

NOCTURNAL OÍCHE ACTIVE AT NIGHT

OPPORTUNISTIC OMNIVORE UILITEOIR FAILLE

OVERWINTERING

PAPPUS PAPAS

ANIMAL WHO WILL EAT ALMOST ANYTHING WHATEVER IS AVAILABLE (PLANTS OR MEAT)

TO SPEND OR SURVIVE THE WINTER

TINY PARACHUTE LIKE STRUCTURE

TERM (ENGLISH)

Glossary

TERM (IRISH) DEFINITION

PIROUETTES

A QUICK WHIRLING OF THE BODY PLUME PLÚMAÍ

PRECARIOUS

PIROUETTE

SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE A FEATHER (AS IN SHAPE OR LIGHTNESS)

DANGEROUS, NOT VERY STEADY

PUNGENT

RIPARIAN BRUACHÁNACH

RUPTURING

SAMARAS - SYCAMORE NA SAMÁIR

SHARP OR HARSH TO THE SENSE OF TASTE OR SMELL

RELATING TO OR POSITIONED ON THE BANKS OF A RIVER

A BREAKING OR TEARING APART

A DRY USUALLY ONE SEEDED WINGED FRUIT THAT DOES NOT SPLIT OPEN WHEN RIPE

TERM (ENGLISH)

Glossary

TERM (IRISH) DEFINITION

SAMHAIN SAMHAIN

SAMHAIN IS THE ANCIENT CELTIC CELEBRATION AT THE END OF THE HARVEST SEASON AND THE BEGINNING OF WINTER.

SAPLING CRANN ÓG A YOUNG TREE

SELF POLLINATING

FÉINPHAILNIÚ

FLOWERS THAT CAN BE POLLINATED BY THEIR OWN POLLEN; THE POLLEN GRAIN LANDS ON THE SAME FLOWER IT CAME FROM AND HELPS TO MAKE A NEW SEED.

SETT BROCACH

NAME FOR A BADGER HOME MADE OF UNDERGROUND TUNNELS AND ROOMS

SNOUT SMUT

A LONG NOSE OR MUZZLE (AS OF A PIG) THAT STICKS OUT

STALK GAS A PLANT STEM

TERM (ENGLISH)

Glossary

SYNZOOCHORY

TERM (IRISH) DEFINITION

TENDRIL

TERRITORY

TRANSPORTATION IOMPAR

WHEN ANIMALS CARRY SEEDS (FOR EXAMPLE, IN THEIR BEAKS) TO TRANSPORT THEM ON PURPOSE

A THIN, LEAFLESS WINDING STEM THAT SOME CLIMBING PLANTS USE TO ATTACH THEMSELVES TO A SUPPORT

WETLANDS TAILTE BOGACH

AN AREA THAT IS OCCUPIED AND DEFENDED BY AN ANIMAL OR GROUP OF ANIMALS

A METHOD OF MOVEMENT, GETTING FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER

LAND OR AREAS (AS MARSHES OR SWAMPS)

HAVING MUCH SOIL MOISTURE

WHORLED

GLOSSARY SOURCES

HAVING OR ARRANGED IN WHORLS (SORT OF SPIRALED)

Recommended Further Resources

WEBSITES

HTTPS://WWW.ENGAGEWITHNATURE.IE

HTTPS://WWW.BIODIVERSITYINSCHOOLS.COM/

HTTPS://WWW.TREECOUNCIL.IE/

HTTPS://IRISHSEEDSAVERS.IE/

BOOKS (& INSPIRATION FOR THESE STORIES!)

FROM SEED TO PLANT BY GAIL GIBBONS

A FRUIT IS A SUITCASE FOR SEEDS BY JEAN RICHARDS

A SEED IS SLEEPY BY DIANNA HUTTS ASTON

References

HTTPS://WWW.RSPB.ORG.UK/BIRDS AND WILDLIFE/WILDLIFE-GUIDES/OTHER-GARDENWILDLIFE/MAMMALS/BADGER/#:~:TEXT=WHAT%20T

HTTPS://WWW.BADGERTRUST.ORG.UK/BADGERS

HTTPS://WWW.WOODLANDTRUST.ORG.UK/BLOG/201

WHAT DO THEY EAT AND OTHER FACTS/

HTTP://WWW.WILDFLOWERSOFIRELAND.NET/PLANT DETAIL.PHP?

FLOWER=64&WILDFLOWER=CLEAVERS

HTTPS://WWW.IRISHEXAMINER.COM/PROPERTY/HO MEANDGARDENS/ARID-20450502.HTML

HTTPS://WWW.RHS.ORG.UK/WEEDS/CLEAVERS

HTTPS://WWW.IRISHGARDENBIRDS.IE/2019/10/01/OCT

ROWAN

HTTPS://TREEGROWING.TCV.ORG.UK/GROW/TREE

HTTPS://BIRDWATCHIRELAND.IE/BIRDS/JAY/

HTTPS://WWW.INDEPENDENT.IE/REGIONALS/BRAYP

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